“The community leaders had gone to show the officials of Elcrest, a location for the firm’s proposed free medical outreach.

“The kidnappers are demanding a ransom of N36 million from the company and also requesting their inclusion in the company’s payroll,” the reportedly source said.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had earlier reported that to ensure adequate security across the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has said police officers would now be posted to their communities of origin.

Idris, who made the disclosure in Lokoja, Kogi state at a meeting, said most of the 150000 policemen to be recruited in the next five years would serve in their respective communities.

Watch this video and hear what the family members of a trader allegedly killed by policemen in Lagos are saying: